Dress-hook



J. n.' aoss. DRESS HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-23, 1919.

Patehted Mar. 9, 1920;

JEFF D. GOSS, OF LAKE CITY, FLORIDA.

DRESS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1921 Application filed January 23, 1919. Serial No.272,735.

To all whom. it may cormcr'n:

Be it known that I, JEFF D. Goss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lake City, in the county of Columbia and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Hooks; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, sucn as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hooks and eyes and the primary object of theinvention is to provide an improved hook and eye, in which the parts canbe readily attached to gether, and in which accidental displacement ofthese parts is eliminated.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved hook and eye,in which the hook and eye elements are adapted to be secured totabswhich are adapted to be detachably secured to the clothes of thewearer,

so as to form a relatively wide attaching surface for the hook and eyeelements and therebyprevent tearing of the same from the garment of thewearer.

relation to the eye, said means being arranged to diverge the legs tofacilitate the forcible attaching and detaching of the hook and eyeelement. I

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved hookand eye of the above character, which, is durable and efficient inconstruction, one that is simple and easy to manufacture and one thatcan be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinaftermore specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a hook and eye applied to a garment,

.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on line 2-2 of Fi 1,

Fig. elis a plan view showing the 1111- proved hook and eye separated,

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the hook and eye engaged.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar referencecharacters designatev corresponding parts, throughout the several views,the numerals 1 and 2 indicate the hook and eye respectively. The hook 1is formed ofa single strand of resilient wire, which is bentintermediate its ends to form an'elliptica-l attaching base 3 andforwardly projecting pa'allel resilient legs 4 and 5 which lie inengagement with each other. The outer terminals of the legs 4 and 5 arecurved upwardly as at 6 and then outwardly in opposite directions toprovide arcuate.

bills 7 and 8.

The improved eye is formed of resilient wire and it is bent intermediateits ends to provide the spaced legs 9 and 10 which are convergedadjacent to the inner end thereof as at 11 to provide a narrow neck 12.The

are bowedoutwardly in opposite directions from the converged portions 11as at 13 and are then pinched together as at 14k and then curved toprovide an elliptical attaching portion 15. The inner end of the eye 2is bent back upon itself to provide a spaced parallel right angledportion 16,-Wl1l0l1 terminatos short of the diverged portions 11 of thelegs. 7

The hook member 1 is adapted to be inserted in the bowed portions formedby the legs 13 and then drawn forwardly, so that the bills 7 and 8engage between the over lying portion 16 and the diverged portion of thelegs.

A guard member 17 extends centrally of the eye and is formed ofresilient metal and has the inner end thereof attached to the centralportion of tl'ieoverlying portion 16 of the eye. The outer end thereofis coiled around the diverged portion 14- as at 20 which holds the guardmember against dis placement. he guard member 17 is bent downwardly asat 21 adjacent to the restricted neck portion 12 andeXtends rearwardlytherefrom and is positioned substantially'in alinement with the bowedportions 13 of the legs 9 and 10. The bent portion 21 is arranged'toengage directly between the legs 4 and 5 of the eye 1 so as to preventaccidental displacement of the hook from the eye when the same areattached.

In operation of the improved device, the

V hook I is inserted between the bowed por- The guard member, as stated,prevents accidental displacement of the hook and eye and when it isdesired to disengage the hook 1 from the eye, the hook is movedrearwardly until the guard member is positioned be tween the legs 4 and5 which diverges the same and allows the legs to be slid over the guardmember until the same reaches the bowed portions 13 of the legs 9 and10, at which time the hook can be removed from the eye.

The elliptical attaching portions 3 and 15 of the eye 2 and hook 1 areadapted to be inserted between the plies 22 and 23 ofsubstantiallysquare tabs 24 and are secured thereto by means of threador the like 25. The tabs form an enlarged base whereby the hook and eyemay be readily placed in position. The tabs are adapted to be secured ateach corner thereof to the garment by means of thread or the like andare to be removed when the garment is to be washed so as to preventrusting ofthe eyes and thus disfiguring the garment. The tabs as statedalso form a large attaching portion for securing the hook and eye to thegarment and thus prevent the tearing of the garment under excessivestrain.

' in practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustratedin the accompanying drawings and referred to in the above description,as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yetrealizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device willnecessarily vary, Idesire to emphasize the fact that various minorchanges in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of partsmay be resorted. to, when required without sacrificing any of theadvantages of my invention as set forth.

What I claim as new is 1. A hook and eye device comprising hook and eyemembers, the hook member having a pair of diverging arcuate bills, theeye member being bent to form means for receiving the bills, and a guardcarried by the eye to prevent accidental displacement of the bills.

2. A hook and eye device comprising hook and eye members, the hookmember including a pair of arcuate oppositely arranged bills, the eyemember including a pair of spaced legs, the inner portion thereof be?converged and bent back upon itself to receive said bills, and a guardmember arranged centrally of the legs of the eye member to preventaccidental displacement of the bills.

3. A hook and eye device comprising hook and eye members, the hookmember including a pair of resiliently connected par allel legs, arcuateoppositely disposed bills formed on the terminals of the legs, the eyemember including a pair of spaced legs having the inner terminal thereofconverged and bent back upon itself to receive the bills, and a guardmember extending longitudinally of the eye and arranged centrally of thesame, said guard member having the central portion thereof bentdownwardly and positioned between the converged portion of the legs toprevent accidental displacement of the bills, said guard member formingmeans for spreading the resiliently connected legs whereby the same maybe readily removed and attached to the eye.

1. A hook and eye device comprising hook and eye members, each includingenlarged elliptical attaching eyes, the hook including a pair ofresiliently connected legs, arcuate bills disposed in oppositedirections and formed. on the terminals of the legs, said bills beingbent upwardly and arranged in a plane above the legs, the eye memberincluding a pair of spaced legs, said legs in cluding centrally disposedportions and converging terminals, the inner terminal being bent backupon itself, a resilient guard member extending centrally of the eye andhaving the terminals thereof secured to the legs, said guard memberhaving a centrally bent portion arranged intermediate the divergedportion ofthe legs and said bent portions fori'ning means for preventingthe accidental displacement of the bills.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JEFF D. GOSS.

Witnesses:

R. M. ROBERTS, W'. M. GREEN.

